Brexit's still going well...
Monday, 16 October 2023
Saturday, 14 October 2023
A Pendulum and a light effect
I could watch this all day (with some spacey music to accompany it).
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Patrick Kielty on Israel, Palestine and the 'Peace Miracle' on the Island of Ireland
Patrick Kielty nailing it on RTE. Well said that man.
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the football pitch is slightly warterlogged
Come on! It's only a bit of light drizzle! Get the game started. If this doesn't provide guaranteed entertainment, l don't know what will.
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Fire effect in 5D cinema
Well this looks both brilliant and scary. However, you just know at some stage in the future there will be a real fire and the people in the cinema will just sit there and be frazzled (a firepersons technical term).
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the manchester united red devil has been at the pies
Not that l'm one to talk, but l think this Manchester United red devil has been over indulging itself.
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the milky way from the surface of mars
I don't know why NASA and other space agencies spend so much time and money on space photography. This was a piece of piss (and cheap too).
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Friday, 13 October 2023
Bob Dylan Tangled Up In Blue New York Version and RSD Test Pressing
I think l love Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks RSD Test pressing with the New York Sessions better than the official version, and it's one of my favourite albums, so that's saying something. More direct and emotional to my old cloth ears, with slightly different lyrics. Well worth the outlay, but currently unavailable on CD (Yes...of course l've got the bootlegs!).
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a new episode of hancock's half hour discovered!
As a lover of Tony Hancock and the Hancock's Half Hour radio show in particular, l'm very excited about this.
In other possibly related news, I'm a very sad old man
Thursday, 12 October 2023
think my pickled beetroot is slightly off (fnaar)
Went to make a sandwich earlier and luckily l was sober, as it looks like my pickled beetroot (Ooer Matron) is a bit off. I foolishly thought it lasted pretty much forever.
the most annoying message on a computer
Switched on the computer and then had to sit through this, which obviously takes ages.
Very, very annoying
But then followed by this. Grrrrrrr.. Doesn't it realise l'm a busy man with things to do?
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023
foolish or brave
I'm not afraid of heights, but l'm not sure about this. That's what you call squeaky bum time.
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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Paul McCartney on the cover of Time Out 1984
Paul McCartney looking fab on the cover of Time Out magazine in 1984, when they were asking if he was still relevant.
Reader....He was 42. How times have changed.
Monday, 9 October 2023
Professor Daisy in the building
I stayed over at my friends house in Nunthorpe on Saturday night. A fine time was had by all, and it was good that we had Professor Daisy with us to sort out any arguments and fact check.
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Twisted Sister at Newcastle Mayfair
Christ on a bike - over 40 years ago! One Hell of a night, and only £3 (or pay on the door).
Those days have long gone.
John (J.F) Kennedy - The Electronic Years
Obviously l'm a fan of his early experimental stuff, before the general public discovered him.
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Sunday, 8 October 2023
BBC TV Gone Fishing Soundtrack
Despite not being interested in fishing, I've loved the 'Gone Fishing' programme with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse, as it is mainly about friendship, getting older, and life in general. One of the other joys was the inspired soundtrack. Featuring lots of songs l already loved, but plenty l had not heard before, many of which were gems waiting to be discovered.
Here it is in full (From Here).
- ‘Toulumne’ – Eddie Vedder
- ‘Skyreburn’ – RM Hubbert
- ‘Even the Darkness Has Arms’ – The Barr Brothers
- ‘Deep Feeling’ – Chuck Berry
- ‘Sleepwalk’ – Santo & Johnny
- ‘(What A) Wonderful World’ – Sam Cooke
- ‘Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet’ – CHA Medical Center
- ‘Liebesträume’ – Franz Liszt, Jorge Bolet
- ‘La Forza Del Destino’ – Renata Tebaldi
- ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ – Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Nocturne in E-Flat Major’ – Frédéric Chopin
- ‘Casta Diva’ – Maria Callas
- ‘Holly’ – Henry Mancini
- ‘Dreamsville’ – Henry Mancini
- ‘Song to the Moon from Rusalka’ – Joshua Bell
- ‘Champagne and Quail’ – Henry Mancini
- ‘This Guy’s in Love With You’ – Burt Bacharach
- ‘High Blood Pressure – Huey Piano Smith
- ‘Let’s All Chant’ – The Michael Zager Band
- ‘Blessed’ – Billy Elliston
- ‘Hope’ – Billy Elliston
- ‘As You See Me Now’ – Jools Holland & José Feliciano
- ‘The Very Thought of You’ – Al Bowlly
- ‘Midnight, The Stars, And You’ – Al Bowlly
- ‘Rapper’s Delight’ – The Sugarhill Gang
- ‘The Clouds Will Soon Roll By’ – Ambrose & His Orchestra
- ‘Apollo Jump’ – Lucky Millinder
- ‘I Never Had a Chance’ – Al Bowlly
- ‘Down By the Riverside’ – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- ‘Old Man River’ – Don Byas
- ‘Lois Ann’ – George Shearing
- ‘How to Handle a Woman’ – Maury Laws
- ‘Some Days There Just Ain’t No Fish’ – Hoagy Carmichael
- ‘Mad Lad’ – Chuck Berry
- ‘Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day’ – Ray Noble
- ‘Snowfall’ – George Shearing
- ‘Don’t Look Back’ – John Lee Hooker
- ‘Deep Feeling’ – Chuck Berry
- ‘Song That I Heard’ – The Barr Brothers
- ‘Begin the Beguine’ – Artie Shaw
- ‘Quiet Man’ – Roo Panes
- ‘Tonight’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Bewilder’ – Badly Drawn Boy
- ‘At Last’ – Etta James
- ‘Darlin’ Wait for Me’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Open up Your Door’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Juggernaut’ – Guy Garvey
- ‘Our Way to Fall’ – Yo La Tengo
- ‘Remorse Code’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Pauper’s Dough’ – King Creosote
- ‘Let Your Love Flow’ – The Bellamy Brothers
- ‘Topsy’ – Count Basie
- ‘Fruit Tree’ – Nick Drake
- ‘Low Beat’ – Adam Killip and Co
- ‘Church Pew Furniture Restorer’ – Saint Etienne
- ‘Big Chief’ – Professor Longhair
- ‘El Condor Pasa’ – Simon & Garfunkel
- ‘Not Goin’ Home Anymore’ – Burt Bacharach
- ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ – Robin Jeffrey & Tim Laycock
- ‘After You’re Gone’ – The Proclaimers
- ‘Thinking of You’ – Geoffrey Gascoyne
- ‘Man of the World’ – Fleetwood Mac
- ‘This Blue World’ – Elbow
- ‘Deep Creek Blues’ – Jelly Roll Morton
- ‘Song C’ – Bruce Hornsby
- ‘There’s a Storm a Comin’’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Hideous Glorious Part 1’ – The Barr Brothers
- ‘Get Happy’ – Judy Garland
- ‘I’m Getting Sentimental Over You’ – Tommy Dorsey
- ‘The Sermon’ – Jimmy Smith
- ‘I’ll Be Around’ – Yo La Tengo
- ‘Absent Friends’ – The Divine Comedy
- ‘Irish Eyes’ – Hermann Langschwert
- ‘Irish Landscape’ – Gareth Walters
- ‘My Little Teacup’ – Geoffrey Gascoyne
- ‘Sun on My Face’ – Seasick Steve
- ‘Holocene’ – Bon Iver
- ‘Pastoral Sunset’ – Ethan Jameson
- ‘The Dawning’ – Austin Ince & Frankie Hepburn
- ‘Days Like This’ – Van Morrison
- ‘I Love NYE’ – Badly Drawn Boy
- ‘Stuffy’ – Jimmy Smith
- ‘Netcha’s Dream’ – Coleman Hawkins
- ‘Too Sick to Pray’ – Willie Nelson
- ‘Flight Attendant’ – Josh Rouse
- ‘My Little Corner of the World’ – Ruby Murray
- ‘Last Orders’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Sometimes You Need’ – Rufus Wainwright
- ‘Always On My Mind’ – South Notts Brass Band
- ‘Green Grow the Rashes O’ – Eddi Reader
- ‘Old Pine’ – Ben Howard
- ‘Remember’ – Billy Elliston
- ‘Rider on the Wheel’ – Nick Drake
- ‘Darlin’’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Just Like the Rain’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘So Clear’ – Pentangle
- ‘Broken Boat’ – Nic Evennett
- ‘Fiction Reprise’ – Belle and Sebastian
- ‘So Forlorn’ – King Creosote
- ‘Bird’ – Billie Marten
- ‘Shadows Fall’ – The Proclaimers
- ‘Smoky Mountains’ – Charlie Jefferson
- ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ – Traditional
- ‘Here It Comes Again’ – Tracey Thorn
- ‘From Gold’ – Novo Amor
- ‘If I’m Still Around’ – The Proclaimers
- ‘Teenage Kicks’ – Nouvelle Vague, Mélanie Painn
- ‘Teenage Kicks’ – The Undertones
- ‘Grace Under Pressure’ – Elbow
- ‘Don’t Get Hung up in Your Soul’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘State Lines’ – Novo Amor
- ‘Cartoon People’ – Billie Marten
- ‘A Good Heart’ – Feargal Sharkey
- ‘Hope’ – Seasick Steve
- ‘Send Yourself Away’ – Seth Lakeman
- ‘To Build a Home’ – The Cinematic Orchestra
- ‘Leaving Today’ – The Divine Comedy
- ‘Will I See You Tonight?’ – Devendra Banhart & Vashti Bunyan
- ‘Bud’ – Fenne Lily
- ‘Hotel Room’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘The Last Waltz’ – Fairport Convention
- ‘Abre Las Manos’ – Devendra Banhart
- ‘Chariots of Fire’ – London Music Works
- ‘Walkin Man’ – Seasick Steve
- ‘Conrad’ – Ben Howard
- ‘New York Morning’ – Elbow
- ‘Changes’ – Seth Lakeman
- ‘Memorial’ – Devendra Banhart
- ‘Days’ – Kirsty MacColl
- ‘Don’t Leave the Light on Baby’ – Belle and Sebastian
- ‘Hands Up to the Ceiling’ – Tracey Thorn
- ‘Vera Brittain’ – Jessica Dannheisser
- ‘If I Didn’t Love You’ – Squeeze
- ‘Assume the Perpendicular’ – The Divine Comedy
- ‘Ave Maria’ – KPM Angels’ Chorus
- ‘You Won’t Remember’ – Bibio
- ‘River Flowing’ – Evan Jolly
- ‘Adagietto’ – John Keating
- ‘Thaïs Act 2’ – Jules Massenet
- ‘You, Me and the Stars’ – Thomas Hewitt Jones
- ‘Winter’s Eye’ – Ben Watt
- ‘Melancholy Sky’ – Goldfrapp
- ‘The King’s Speech’ – Joseph Alchstein
- ‘Wonder’ – Bill Connor
- ‘Thank You for Being a Friend’ – Andrew Gold
- ‘Friendship’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Nick Drake’ – Mogwai
- ‘Eleanor Put Your Boots On’ – Franz Ferdinand
- ‘Golden’ – The Boy Who Trapped the Sun
- ‘Old Scottish Air’ – Matyas Seiber
- ‘Run for Me’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Donald Where’s Your Troosers?’ – Andy Stewart
- ‘You Don’t Miss Your Water’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Walking in the Dark’ – The Boy Who Trapped the Sun
- ‘Sleep Until Day’ – Robert White
- ‘For the Love of a Princess’ – James Horner
- ‘Break My Heart Right’ – James Bay
- ‘Antique Cobweb’ – The Boy Who Trapped the Sun
- ‘Lady Solitude’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Slow Down’ – Nat King Cole Trio
- ‘Night Bus’ – Lucy Rose
- ‘You Stand By Me’ – The Who
- ‘Long Journey Home’ – Del Amitri
- ‘Misty Blue’ – Dorothy Moore
- ’12 Concerti a Cinque’ – Tomaso Albinoni
- ‘Dream Lucky Blues’ – Julia Lee
- ‘Cello Concerto in E Minor’ – Rory Marsden
- ‘Starlight Serenade’ – Cy Miller
- ‘Baptiste’ – Paul Weller
- ‘Picturesque Moment’ – Skegss
- ‘Memory Lane’ – Paul Reeves
- ‘Don’t You Cry’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Darlin’ Wait for Me’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Taking it Easy’ – David Shepherd & David Law
- ‘Nimrod’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘I Gotta Be Me’ – Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
- ‘Clay’ – Goldfrapp
- ‘All Right Now’ – Free
- ‘Favourite Ex’ – Maisie Peters
- ‘Lonely Lonely’ – Feist
- ‘Clearing Clouds’ – Audrey Riley & Philip Guyler
- ‘Baptiste’ – Paul Weller
- ‘Vanished into Everything’ – Roo Panes
- ‘Father and Son’ – Yusuf / Cat Stevens
- ‘Emigrate’ – Novo Amor
- ‘Grow Old with Me’ – Tom Odell
- ‘Lying in the Sunshine’ – Free
- ‘Entertainment’ – Tom Odell
- ‘Wait for You’ – Tom Walker
- ‘Drew’ – Goldfrapp
- ‘Wild World’ – Yusuf / Cat Stevens
- ‘Little Bit of Love’ – Free
- ‘Lovers’ Carvings’ – Bibio
- ‘Across the Tracks Blues’ – Duke Ellington
- ‘Waltz in A Flat Major’ – Johannes Brahms
- ‘Me and My Imagination’ – Donald Peers
- ‘You Only Live Twice’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Soulful Strut’ – Young-Holt Unlimited
- ‘Miss Goodhead Meets Bond – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Brandy Alexander’ – Feist
- ‘Box of Stones’ – Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- ‘Mouthful of Grass’ – Free
- ‘Last Orders’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’ – Future Islands
- ‘Ramble On’ – Led Zeppelin
- ‘Caravan Holiday’ – Stereophonics
- ‘Memory Lane’ – Paul Reeves
- ‘No-One’s Perfect’ – Stereophonics
- ‘Bletchley Park’ – Paul Reeves
- ‘Forever Young’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Master Pretender’ – First Aid Kit
- ‘Syrup & Honey’ – Duffy
- ‘Cracklin’ Rosie’ – Neil Diamond
- ‘Got to Go Where the Love Is’ – Van Morrison
- ‘Without Your Love’ – The Paper Kites & Julia Stone
- ‘Nobody Knows Me Like You Do’ – Birdy
- ‘Skyline Dawn’ – Vasco & Claudio Strueby
- ‘’My Bucket’s Got a Hole in it’ – Hank Williams
- ‘Elephant Gun’ – Beiru
- ‘Valse Lente’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Fade Together’ – Franz Ferdinand
- ‘Theme (From Captain Pugwash)’ – London Music Works
- ‘Lullabies for Stars’ – Nic Evennett
- ‘Across the Fields’ – 10,000 Maniacs
- ‘Laugh, Live, Love’ – Mud
- ‘Roll River Roll’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Summer Thunder’ – Roo Panes
- ‘Taking it Easy’ – Dave Shepherd & David Law
- ‘Oh My Love’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Vide Cor Meum’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Sound and Vision’ – David Bowie
- ‘Hot Heavy Summer’ – Ben Howard & Sylvan Esso
- ‘Cooper Down’ – The Boy Who Trapped the Sun
- ‘Cartoon People’ – Billie Marten
- ‘Kantori Ongaku’ – Devendra Banhart
- ‘KIN’- KT Tunstall
- ‘Soul Limbo’ – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
- ‘Here Comes the Sun’ – Steve Harley
- ‘Time Out from the World’ – Goldfrapp
- ‘Don’t Get Hung up in your Soul’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘I Don’t Know What It Is’ – Rufus Wainwright
- ‘Postcard from Paradise’ – Dan Cassady
- ‘For the Rest of Our Lives’ – Babybird
- ‘Song for the Summer’ – Stereophonics
- ‘Hanging on too Long’ – Duffy
- ‘Bread of Heaven’ – Alex James and Co
- ‘Deep River’ – Traditional
- ‘Fragments in Time’ – Cyrus Shahrad
- ‘Dark Road’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Apple of His Eye’ – Seth Lakerman
- ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World’ – The Divine Comedy
- ‘Forty Long Days’ – Carl Yeung
- ‘Heavy’ – Orla Gartland
- ‘Flume’ – Peter Gabriel
- ‘Ar Lan Y Mor’ – Bryn Trefel
- ‘A Minute of Your Time’ – Tom Jones
- ‘Sentimental Man’ – The Blue Nile
- ‘Four Scottish Dances’ – Malcolm Arnold and Co
- ‘Alone’ – Rag’n’Bone Man
- ‘To the Bin my Friend, Tonight We Vacate the Earth’ – Mogwai
- ‘Crescent Moon’ – KT Tunstall
- ‘Goodnight’ – Idlewild
- ‘Twilight Mists’ – Daryl Griffith
- ‘Highland Cathedral’ – Ulrich Roever
- ‘Prelude’ – The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- ‘Sentimental Love’ – Gerhard Trede
- ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘Sentimental Fool’ – Lloyd Cole
- ‘Smooth is the Mood’ – Anthony Kerr
- ‘China Doll’ – Julian Cope
- ‘Is This Nice?’ – Devendra Banhart
- ‘Ashes on the Fire’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘As It Was’ – Harry Styles
- ‘Stardust Nights’ – Anthony Kerr
- ‘One Day Like This’ – Elbow
- ‘Velvet and Absinthe’ – Louis Vause
- ‘Why in the World’ – Lloyd Cole
- ‘Before’ – Richard Hawley
- ‘The Original’ – Roo Panes
- ‘Keep on Movin’’ – Five, Steve Mac
- ‘Life’s a Gas’ – T.Rex
- ‘What A Drag’ – Nathaniel Rateliff
- ‘Caravan of Love’ – The Housemartins
- ‘Last to Make it Home’ – Sam Fender
- ‘Lillies’ – Bat for Lashes
- ‘2000 Miles’ – Pretenders
- ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ – Munchener Freiheit
- ‘Gone Fishing’ – Chris Rea
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Saturday, 7 October 2023
my future forcast
Could turn out to be true, but l don't know why he's looking so unhappy in the final frame.
Sounds idyllic in many ways but there would have to be a lot of reading material as well.
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harsh reality hitting home in the local pub
Obviously l love my local pub (The Wine Bar / Hunters, Catterick) and have been going there for years, but even after all of those years, the top picture is what l hope will be waiting for me when l stroll nonchalantly through the doors. Unfortunately for me, the reality is more like the second picture.
Hasn't put me off though, and a man can still dream!
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Friday, 6 October 2023
Thursday, 5 October 2023
david beckham - investigative reporter
A highlight from the Beckham Netflix series. And he's correct.
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Wednesday, 4 October 2023
topography map of south america
There's something fascinating about maps like this, as you view the continents in a completely different way.
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I agree with Rishi Sunak!!!!!!!!!!!
At long last!! Something he said that we both agree on!!
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Jamie Webster | Ep. 15 | Chattin Pony with Paddy The Baddy
I love both of these guys, and it's the most scouse thing l've heard for a long time
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tory lies part 3346546747494690509 (this time at the conference)
This. All of this.
Never vote Tory
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Tuesday, 3 October 2023
a tour of the tonsils
Go on - admit it. You thought the dangly down bit in the middle was your tonsils.
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patel and farage dancing
What kind of fresh hell is this? Just when you think things can't get worse. Obviously the Tories have gone a lot more right wing, and they're not even trying to hide it anymore, but this just makes me fear Nigel Farage will be welcomed back into the party, and eventually become leader. It certainly wouldn't surprise me.
I much prefer the doctored photograph below.
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Sunday, 1 October 2023
Cher - Medley (with The Jackson Five) (The Cher Show, 03/16/1975)
Check out the dancing from 4.30 mins in!
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sycamore gap cartoon featuring the tories
You'll probably guess l like this cartoon and what it represents a lot.
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Saturday, 30 September 2023
U2 - Atomic City / Vertigo / Where The Streets Have No Name / With Or Without You - The Sphere Las Vegas 2023
Following on from the last post, here's some more U2 at The Sphere. Especially great from 18 minutes in. Mind blowing. Now where's my acid?
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U2 - Opening 16 Minutes Of Show - Sphere Las Vegas Grand Opening Night 2023.
This is incredible. Concert going is going to change a hell of a lot in the near future, including with more holograms, but this is the maddest and most outstanding backdrop to a show there has ever been. Money well spent.
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tories being twats part 54747563833
You couldn't make this sort of crap up. After all the money the Tories have squandered, written off, and given to their mates, they try to demonise people on welfare (again) to give tax cuts to the already well off.
From The Guardian, and never vote Tory
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jonathan gullis' tour of parliament
What kind of fresh hell is this? There's not enough money in the world to make me want to take part in this tour, although l guess it's not aimed at me. I despise most of the Tory party, but Jonathan Gullis is up there with the worst of them.
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Friday, 29 September 2023
sebastian payne can fuck off
The average cost of private schools is about £15,000 a year, which is well out of most peoples reach. They're paying for entrenched privilege, and despite the fact only about 7% of the population go to them, our whole system is mainly run by them, with the old school ties and connections helping each other to achieve power, wealth and authority over the poor folk who can't afford the fees, plus it's about time we had some class warfare.
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The Rolling Stones - Sweet Sounds Of Heaven (with Lady Gaga)
Knock me down with a feather! I'm a long term fan of The Rolling Stones, but this has amazed me. The first genuine excellent song for years. Features Lady Gaga, and just as you think it's ended, there's more delights to follow. Now looking forward to the new album, which l certainly wasn't before.
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